Comments on: The Plus Side of High Gas Prices http://www.plunderbund.com/2008/05/27/the-plus-side-of-high-gas-prices/ All Politics. All Ohio. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eric http://www.plunderbund.com/2008/05/27/the-plus-side-of-high-gas-prices/comment-page-1/#comment-100893 Eric Wed, 28 May 2008 20:53:34 +0000 http://www.plunderbund.com/?p=3962#comment-100893 Yes. They are bitching about high gas prices here in Dusseldorf as well... Yes. They are bitching about high gas prices here in Dusseldorf as well…

]]> By: J-Dog http://www.plunderbund.com/2008/05/27/the-plus-side-of-high-gas-prices/comment-page-1/#comment-100887 J-Dog Wed, 28 May 2008 17:18:19 +0000 http://www.plunderbund.com/?p=3962#comment-100887 Okay, TIME Magazine says that Europe's prices are skyrocketing too. Here's the story URL: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1809900,00.html Okay, TIME Magazine says that Europe’s prices are skyrocketing too.

Here’s the story URL:
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1809900,00.html

]]> By: Joseph http://www.plunderbund.com/2008/05/27/the-plus-side-of-high-gas-prices/comment-page-1/#comment-100879 Joseph Wed, 28 May 2008 12:58:24 +0000 http://www.plunderbund.com/?p=3962#comment-100879 Actually, prices in Europe are going up too, though maybe not as much as they are in the U.S. According to <a href="http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/03/18/781155.aspx" rel="nofollow">MSNBC</a>: "Record prices on the international oil markets have driven gas prices across Europe sky high, with a gallon of unleaded gas costing about $8.60 per gallon in Germany." Actually, prices in Europe are going up too, though maybe not as much as they are in the U.S.

According to MSNBC:

“Record prices on the international oil markets have driven gas prices across Europe sky high, with a gallon of unleaded gas costing about $8.60 per gallon in Germany.”

]]> By: NixGuy.com » Libs Can’t Get the Narrative Straight. http://www.plunderbund.com/2008/05/27/the-plus-side-of-high-gas-prices/comment-page-1/#comment-100878 NixGuy.com » Libs Can’t Get the Narrative Straight. Wed, 28 May 2008 04:21:42 +0000 http://www.plunderbund.com/?p=3962#comment-100878 [...] Plunderbund (Joseph):  An unending supply of cheap gas is the reason we ripped up all of our efficient electric street cars and interurban railroads and replaced them with roads. [...] [...] Plunderbund (Joseph):  An unending supply of cheap gas is the reason we ripped up all of our efficient electric street cars and interurban railroads and replaced them with roads. [...]

]]> By: dirtgirl http://www.plunderbund.com/2008/05/27/the-plus-side-of-high-gas-prices/comment-page-1/#comment-100871 dirtgirl Wed, 28 May 2008 00:28:18 +0000 http://www.plunderbund.com/?p=3962#comment-100871 I don't think prices are going up nearly as much in other countries, but have no data source to point to. I just remember doing the math (converting to dollars, then from liters to gallons) in Europe 8-10 years ago and the prices weren't that far off from where they are today. I think the overblown effect in the US can be largely blamed on the weakening of the dollar. I don’t think prices are going up nearly as much in other countries, but have no data source to point to. I just remember doing the math (converting to dollars, then from liters to gallons) in Europe 8-10 years ago and the prices weren’t that far off from where they are today.

I think the overblown effect in the US can be largely blamed on the weakening of the dollar.

]]> By: J-Dog http://www.plunderbund.com/2008/05/27/the-plus-side-of-high-gas-prices/comment-page-1/#comment-100870 J-Dog Tue, 27 May 2008 23:49:25 +0000 http://www.plunderbund.com/?p=3962#comment-100870 I'd like to know. Are gas prices rising elsewhere around the world, or just here? I hear nothing, one way or the other. If the prices aren't going up by the equivalent of a couple bucks a gallon in London and Paris, then it is painfully obvious to me that we are being fed a line of crap. If so, then I am more willing to buy into the whole "global supply and demand" stuff. Of course, it would be great if we stopped using so much gas and oil in Iraq!!! I’d like to know. Are gas prices rising elsewhere around the world, or just here? I hear nothing, one way or the other. If the prices aren’t going up by the equivalent of a couple bucks a gallon in London and Paris, then it is painfully obvious to me that we are being fed a line of crap. If so, then I am more willing to buy into the whole “global supply and demand” stuff. Of course, it would be great if we stopped using so much gas and oil in Iraq!!!

]]> By: dirtgirl http://www.plunderbund.com/2008/05/27/the-plus-side-of-high-gas-prices/comment-page-1/#comment-100856 dirtgirl Tue, 27 May 2008 17:15:37 +0000 http://www.plunderbund.com/?p=3962#comment-100856 The unfortunate irony is that our transit systems are hit equally hard by high fuel prices, and in the midst of increasing demand for mass transit, they are faced with the dilemma of either raising fares or decreasing service. Maybe it will stop people from paving over farmland and creating new housing/shopping destinations 30 miles outside the center cities. THAT would be a good thing. The unfortunate irony is that our transit systems are hit equally hard by high fuel prices, and in the midst of increasing demand for mass transit, they are faced with the dilemma of either raising fares or decreasing service.

Maybe it will stop people from paving over farmland and creating new housing/shopping destinations 30 miles outside the center cities. THAT would be a good thing.

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